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Gripes about coverage on the Next G mobile phone network boiled over following an announcement from Telstra that "it had achieved the milestone of the same or better coverage on the Next G network as on CDMA". Telstra says that any problems are not with the network itself but with the handsets people ...

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A new initiative means you may be able to sell your DNA data in exchange for a new cryptocurrency. The boom in sleep technology is stressing us out and keeping us awake. And India's enthusiasm for mobile phone greetings in the morning is clogging up the internet. ...

Any parent whose child has gone missing, even just for a few minutes, will know that guttural feeling of panic and dread. If this does happen to you, or to a friend or family member, could a phone app help find your child more quickly? The Australian Federal Police is urging people to upload ...

The first text message was sent in December 1992. Some may remember the tedium of finding the next letter for your message. Today, its so easy and so ubiquitous with sms built into many apps. So what have been the effects? Abbreviations make msgs qkr. But have there been wider effects? What about ...

Have you ever had a broken laptop and that you really wanted to fix yourself? Or perhaps your current mobile just needs a new battery and it will be good to go for another 12 months. The online site can help with this, boasting on-line manuals and videos to help fix all manner of broken or malingering ...

#6 of our smartphone detox challenge is the final one and our hardest yet! For one day only, use your smartphone to do one thing only : talk on the phone. Think of it as a pocket sized version of a landline. You can make calls. You can answer calls. And that's it! No social media, no games, no texts, no maps, ...